MUMBAI The Advertising Club and Advertising Agencies Association of India have announced Goafest 2016 with Publicis South Asia, CEO Nakul Chopra as the chairman of Goafest Organizing Committee.
Commenting on his appointment, Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAA’s of I) president Ambi M G Parameshwaran said "Nakul has been in this industry for over 30 years now. He has been leading Publicis in India through this last decade. I am very excited to see what plans he has in store for us this year.”
The Advertising Club president Raj Nayak too welcomed the appointment saying, “This is wonderful news. Nakul has been instrumental in driving Goafest to success in the recent past. With his proven track record in managing high performing agencies, he is truly the best man for the job! I look forward to work with him to make Goafest 2016 a roaring success.”
To have been given the opportunity to Chair the Goafest Organizing Committee is an honor. There’s still a lot of work to do in strengthening Goafest and together, I hope we can build upon the good work of the past years,” added Chopra on his new role.
The other members on the committee are:
President, Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAA’s of I) & Advisor, FCB Ulka Advertising | Ambi M G Parameshwaran
Founder, Chairman and MD at Madison World | Sam Balsara
Chief Executive Officer at Contract Advertising | Rana Barua
Chairman and CEO at Dentsu Aegis Network | Ashish Bhasin
Managing Director at Jaya Advertising | Jaideep Gandhi
CEO at Group M, South Asia | CVL Srinivas
CEO at LHAMPL | Shashi Sinha
CEO at JWT | Tarun Rai
Group CEO at Madison Media | Vikram Sakhuja
Group CEO at Zee Media Corporation | Bhaskar Das
Chief Corporate Sales and Marketing Officer at Dainik Bhaskar Group | Pradeep Dwivedi